Note: I’ll keep the Sequels and Date Scenarios for the Sub Stories review. This time I will only speak about the Main routes!

Original Title: Gyakuten YoshiwaraPSVita version: Otoko YuukakuDeveloper: Smart KareshiPublishers: 3D Publisher; Dogenzaka LabSynopsis: At this red-light district, a certain young lady buys a night with a man who won’t become anybody’s. Because she wanted to have a child. Because she desired love. On this island, young men aren’t birthed. Consequently, all the women go to Yoshiwara. There wasn’t a single day she thought of this as abnormal or strange. However, one day… She decided to venture to “Yoshiwara”, a nightless city that emits a dazzling light without pause. For the first time ever in her entire life, she viewed the procession of the beautiful male courtesans. The protagonist, Hidetomi Misawo, becomes captivated by Yoshiwara and its men. “How about it? Why don’t we spend the night together?” Misawo decided to step foot into Yoshiwara’s highest-class pleasure house, “Kikuya”…Opening:

(PS: If you’re a fan of Idea Factory JRPGs, you can get Fairy Fencer f and Hyperdimension Neptunia: Rebirth for more or less 6$. I suggest you check the full discount list if, like me, you like a variety of games)

Some of you might already know that I also like other types of videogames besides otome games and I guess this shall be the debut of my general videogame section of the blog and what pick would be more fitting for that than Life is Strange?

Life is Strange is a 2015 choice-based videogame, divided into 5 episodes, made by DontNod Entertainment and published by Square Enix. It covers the story of Max Caulfield, an 18 years old geek-girl with a passion for photography, who one day finds out she got time-rewind abilities while witnessing the death of a punk-looking girl, Chloe Price, and eventually managing to save her. Together with Chloe, Max is going to start diving into the mysteries of Arcadia Bay, which are not as trivial as they look, while trying to fix her own social life and figure out her own visions of an upcoming tornado going to destroy the whole town.

The game is available only as digital download from SteamHERE.
It can also be found on Playstation and Xbox markets.

Trailer

Important to mention, Max’s relationships will differ based on how you choose to deal with the people around her. They will change their impression of Max and interact with her based on how she acts and what she does, as well as how much care she’s able to show. I could say there are two romance options available for her too, but I am going to further develop this later.

Synopsis:“On a closed island where boys are not born, blooms a unique culture that is completely different from the mainland. In the middle of the island, there is a red-light district where the men all live.

You enter this pleasure district, to buy just one night with a man who belongs to no one…a night filled with realized lies; the deceiving and the deceived. But after such a night, to whom will you speak of love?”

You can obtain it from SteamHERE.
There’s a 40% discount till the 21st of October so you’d better get while it’s still cheap. (27,99€ is kind of depressing for me…hahaha)

There is also an Android and iOS version if you don’t want to play on the computer:Android

The app version works like any other phone/tablet otome game. You choose your guy -> Buy his route -> off you go.

I just played the prologue of the app version and the whole idea around it is nice (I mean dating courtesans! haha) and the art is very nice, but it’s not voiced, so again, if you really want this game I recommend you getting it during a sale.

EDIT: I hear that there’s also a PSVita version of this game called Otoko Yuukaku with fixed CG art, more music, voice actors, extra endings, new scenarios and an extra character. I understand that one reason why they maybe couldn’t have brought the voice actor version is probably because of buying the right to distribute their voice acting worldwide (that has been the problem before with Starry Sky series as well), but there’s no excuse for deciding to port the app version instead of the obviously higher quality PSVita version.

I didn’t have the chance to post about this before, but since I just found out something that distressed me (though I knew it was unavoidable), I just HAVE to say it! Please. PLEASE! Support Idea Factory International and Amnesiathrough legal means. The game got released only a couple of days ago in USA, Europe and Australia (not sure if worldwide) on both PS Vita console and PC via Steam and it already got patches and cracks for ILLEGAL download. I realize that you can’t possibly have money for everything that you might be interested in, being a gamer or into the anime/manga community is a quite expensive hobby sometimes, BUT at least buy and support what you LIKE! Set your priorities straight! And the feeling with which I’m trying to convey this to you is doubled when being aware that otome games have an uncertain future in the West! Pirating them is the LEAST that the western otoge industry needs and it could even KILL IT! Fortunately the PS Vita was not yet hacked (yet…), but Ify put their faith into us and gambled to bring Amnesia to the PC for those poor unfortunate souls that still do not own a PS Vita. You could at least download it to try it out and see if you like it, but if you like it then BUY IT. I can’t emphasize more how important this is ! It’s not available in your country? Fine. If it’s not available there’s nothing you can do. But the “I don’t have money.” excuse does not justify it if you set your priorities straight! Save up! Every $$$ counts! And better, wait for a sale. Amnesia is already being sold at 40% less till today! You can’t right now? Save for the next sale! There will definitely be more in the future! Also, if you want to possibly see the sequels Amnesia Later and Amnesia Crowd being brought to the West, then it’s even more of a reason to BUY Amnesia: Memories!

Let me get on the Amnesia train! I’m still excited I was able to own it so soon!

There are 4 endings available for Shin’s route.GOOD END, NORMAL END, and 2 (actually 3 but it’s only slightly different)DEAD ENDS (yes, I mean it.) Also, don’t be afraid to experiment. I usually save before every choice to see the immediate outcome of both options.